Machine for fixing spangled material to textile fabrics.



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Id''lHINE-{FUR FIXING SPANGLED MATERIALTO TEXTILE FABRICS,

(Afpliction med Nov. '1, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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` R. CORNYELY MACHINE Fon Flxma SPANGLED: MATERIAL Tov TEXTILE FABfRlcs.

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VUNITEDr 4STATES ROBERT CORNELY,

PATENT GFFIcF.l

oF PARIS, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR FIXING SPANGLED MATERIAL TO TEXTILE FABRICS.

sFFcrFreATIoN forming part of Letters Patent 110,706,305, dated May 2o,1902.

Application led'll'ovemher 7, 1901. Serial No. 81,468. (No model.)

To all whom t mag/concern:

Be it known that"I,RoBFFT CORNFLY, a resident of Paris,Franc`e,h'av`einvented a new and useful Machine for FiXing'S pan gled Material toTextile Fabrics, which is fully set forth in the followingspecification.

This invention relates tothe class of sewing or embroidering machines inwhich cording or analogous material is secured to fabric by means of athread wound around said material and around the thread of stitchin gformed on the fabric. The machines heretofore devised for this purpose,althoughl adapted for securing cord and even beaded work to fabrics,cannot be successfully used with spangle-work. By'my present invention Iprovide a machine which may be used for successfully attaching Spangledmaterial to fabric in the manner indicated.

The invention will be readily understood upon reference to theaccompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment thereof,and wherein-h Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of Spangledmaterial such as may be attached to fabric by the machine of l mypresent invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan and Fig. 3 abottom plan view ofsaid Spangled material. Fig. 4: is an enlarged View, partly in section,of the lower end of the nipple-tube and`as'sociated parts, showing themanner in which the same act in attaching the Spangled material to thefabric. Fig. 5 is a sectional View through the lower part, and Fig. 6 asimilar view through the upper part, of the nipple-tube and associatedparts. Figs. '7 to 10 are detailed views of parts hereinafter referredto.

The Spangled material is composed of sin gle round'(or otherwise shaped)dat spangles A, which are threaded on a thread b. This. thread b issecured to one or more thin cordsl d by means of a thread g,'Figs. land3, which passes between the spangles and is wound around the thread l)and the cord d.

This kind of spangle material is produced inV ple, but also to'preventsaid material from twisting and turning during its passage through saidbar, so that the spangles reach the cloth exactly inthe same arrangementas they come from the spool. Leaving the needle-bar E the spanglestraverse the guide a of the nipple, from which they pass to the cloth H.

The Spangled material is wound upon a bobbin M, disposed above theneedle-bar E, Fig. 6, in such a manner thatl when it Apasses through theneedle-bar E every spangle is directed in a downward position, as shownat Figs. 4 and 6.

The thread-carrier K winds its thread around the thread D of the seamand around the cord or cords d, which hold the spangles; but this workwill only be perfect if the thread G is always passed in the spacebetween the spangles A, Fig. 4. It is for this reason that, as abovestated, the spangle material must be wound upon the bobbin M in such amanner that the spangles A must assume the inclination shown in Fig. 4when passing through the needle-bar E, in consequence of which when theyreach the cloth the spangles come in the proper position to permit thethreadGrv of the thread-carrier K to pass into the space between thespangles, which would not be the case if therspangles were not presentedin this manner.

In order to permit the spangles to move freely when passing from thebobbin M and through the needle-bar E and to prevent them from cominginto contact with the edge of or catching said needle-bar, whichwouldoccasion imperfect work, a guiding cylinder or roller n is arranged insuch a manner that the Spangled material is introducedat the centerofthe needle-bar withouttouching the edge of the same. To assure this, theupper end-of needle-bar is funnel-shaped. In consequence of theelongated outline of a horizontal section of the spangle material thepassage through theneedle-bar E must have4 a similar 'elongated shape inorder to prevent turning or twisting of said material during its passagethrough the needle-bar. `This needle-bar has therefore in thisparticularfnstance an oval sectiomns shown at Fig. 10, and of course thepassage through guide a ot' nipple C must have a similar section.

The needle-bar Ein the tube L, which is cylindrical, as usual, issecured by means of a sleeve m, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, which is providedwith two thin and flexible legs 2. The oval needle-bar E is passedthrough the central opening 3 of sleeve m, and by turning the screwo theupper endl of tbe tube L, which is split at one side from opening mupward, (see dotted line, Fig. 6,) as well as the legs 2, arecompressed, and the tube E is thus securely fixed in tube L.

It is evident that the invention may be used with a sewing orembroidering machine working with a threaded needle instead of ahookneedle.

l. In a sewing or embroidering machine for attaching Spangled materialto fabric, the combination with stitch-forming mechanism of a passage orconduit through which the Spangled material passes to the fabric, saidconduit being of elongated cross-section to prevent the Spangledmaterial. from becoming twisted and to present the same in properposition for the binding-thread to pass between the spangles, and athread-carrier passing a binding-thread around the Spangled materialbetween the spangles and around the stitches formed by thestitch-forming mechanism.

In a sewing or embroidering machine for attaching Spangled material tofabrics, the combination with a hollow needle-bar through which theSpangled material is adapted to pass, aneedlc carried thereby andcooperating stitch-forming mechanism, of a hollow nipple below theneedle bar through which the Spangled material passes from theneedle-bar to the fabric, the passage through the needlebar and nipplebeing of elongated cross-sec tion to prevent the Spangled material frombecoming twisted and to present the same in propel` position for thebinding-thread to pass between the spangles, and a thread-carrierpassing abinding-thread around the Spangled material between thespangles and around the stitches formed by the stitch-forming mechanism.

3. In a sewing or embroidering machine for attaching Spangled materialto fabrics, the combination with a hollow needle-bar,a needle carriedthereby and cooperating stitch-forming mechanism, of a reel above saidbar ou which the span gled material is wound, a roller or pulley overwhich the Spangled material passes to the passage through the needle-barwhich is of elongated cross-section to prevent the Spangled materialfrom becoming twisted, and a thread-carrier passinga binding-threadaround the Spangled material between the spangles and around thestitches formed by the stitching-forming mechanism.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT CORNELY. iVitnesses:

EDWARD l. MACLEAN,

Ernonen E. LIGHT.

